Principal: Angie Doss

Assisant Principal: Kevin Collier

Counselor: Rachel Fullerton

Social Worker: Keely Hansen

Office Staff: Kasi Katzfey and Kathleen Duffy

Nurse: Julie Brockman

EL Doors Open for Students: 8:50 AM

Student Dismissal Transportation Changes: Please avoid making last-minute transportation changes, when possible, for your child/children. If last-minute changes are unavoidable, please call the office by 3:30 p.m. This gives us time to update the classroom teacher about these changes.

Handicap Accessible Doors: You may have noticed the addition of Handicap Accessible Doors at the main entrance. We are glad to have them to provide a needed accommodation for some in our community. They do close slowly and leave the building less secure and cause quite the wind tunnel. Please refrain from using these unless you need them.

March 21st- No School Teacher Workday, 25-26 Family Feedback Form for returning 25-26 EL Students shared with families via email. Please check your inbox. The form closes April 1st.

March 24th-28th- Spring Break for PHSD- No School

March 31st- April 4th- Celebrate Literacy and our Spring Student Showcase- Reading Is Magic Spirit Week. See theme dress day below

EL Scholastic Book Fair from March 31st to April 3rd- see signups to assist with the PTA Book Fair below

April NWEA Reading Fluency Assessment Window (Grades K-3 & Title Reading)

March 31st- First day back from break!

April 1st-

Report Cards available to families through Infinite Campus at 4:00 PM

5th Grade Choir Practice @ 8:20 AM

April 3rd-

English Landing Spring Student Showcase, Art Show, and Book Fair from 5:30-7:00 PM

April 4th-

First Friday

April 8th-

5th Grade Choir Practice @ 8:20 AM

BRIDGES Showcase in the EL Cafeteria from 5:30-7:00 PM

April 10th-

3rd Grade Field Trip

Kindergarten Musical in the EL Gym from 7:00-8:00 PM

April 11th-

Spring Fling Parties- Please see party details below

April 14th-

AVID College and Career Spirit Day- wear college gear or career path

April 17th-

First Grade Field Trip

ELD Night for Elementary students at Hopewell Elementary School from 5:30-7:30 PM

April 22nd-

5th Grade Choir Practice @ 8:20 AM

April 23rd-

Northland Excellence in Education Chamber Banquet- We honor our nominees that evening: Mr. Galloway and Mrs. Beck!

April 24th-

Fourth Grade Field Trip

April 24th- May 23rd- DESE MAP Assessment Window Open for Grades 3rd-5th

April 25th-

2nd Grade Field Trip

April 26th-

Park Hill 5k for Elementary Run Clubs - all details will be shared through Eagles on the Run Club

Coming in MAY:

Kindergarten Kick Off on May 1st at EL- for incoming K Students.

See the sign up on our EL Website and linked HERE for times and slots.

Please share with any incoming K families you know are enrolling for the 25-26 school year.

• All Party volunteers will check in at the front office kiosk door at 2:20 and have a volunteer sticker.
• Doors open for guests to enter at 2:50 PM. We encourage guests to enter Door 7 (downstairs) and Door 8 (upstairs back loop). Designated staff will pre-check in guests outside at each door starting at 2:30 prior to doors opening. All guests will have a visitors' sticker.

This year our Title 1 Reading Interventionist Team is leading the charge on a fun week of celebrating literacy. We will have themed days for us to celebrate reading and then a final culminating activity with each English Landing family receiving a copy of Last Stop on Market Street.

On April 3rd, Mrs. DeMint and Mrs. Winkelmann will pass out books to the oldest child's classroom for each EL Family to take home from the Spring Student Showcase to read, and enjoy the magic found in unexpected places!

Another fun twist is this year, we need your help by voting with your child(ren) for the book character duo that Mr. Collier and Dr. Doss will dress up like on Friday, April 4th for the entire day in honor of celebrating the magic in reading! Cast your vote now! The form closes on March 25th.

We are back for another great season of running! We have a total of 171 student runners for our Spring session and we are all excited to get running in the nice weather!

A special thanks to all the volunteer coaches!

Kindergarten- Mrs. McCoy/Miss Katzfey

1st Grade- Mrs. Scarlett/Mr. McGinley

2nd Grade- Mrs. Hansen/Mrs. Weidmaier

3rd Grade- Mr. Yeager/Ms. Gilsdorf

4th Grade- Mr. Lee

5th Grade- Miss Ball

Club Dates

April 1st

April 8th

April 15th- No Club due to the Lakeview Track Meet

April 22nd

April 26th (Saturday @Park Hill 5k) Line Creek Trail

April 29th

LEAD student Victoria Dewitt is completing a capstone project that is meant to expose elementary and middle school students (grades 4 - 7) to a fun and engaging forensic science activity in the hopes of generating more interest for the high school program. She has created a kid-friendly, life-size crime scene at LEAD Innovation Studio. Families can walk through this scene and experience life as forensic scientist. This event will take place after school on April 2nd and will have multiple time slots. If your Park Hill student is in grades 4-7, you can sign up to bring them at the link below:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B45AAAE2FA7FDC43-55631171-forensics#/

Please reach out with questions to Victoria's capstone project advisor, Mrs. Cindy Mejia, at mejiac@parkhill.k12.mo.us.

EL Families,

Front Row Seats to each of our Grade Level Musicals are auctioned off each year. Mark your calendars for the week of April 14th-18th to bid on NEXT YEAR’S musicals (2025-2026 School Year). All proceeds benefit ALL EAGLES through the purchase of additional music room materials.

Just think: when doors open on musical night at 6:30pm and you haven’t had to be outside waiting in line and you’re able to leisurely walk to the gym knowing that you have the best seats in the house… your present self will be thanking your past self! There are 4 sets of 4 seats that will be auctioned off for each evening musical performance.

Winning bids will be collected by check the week of April 21st-25th.

Visit https://www.32auctions.com/EL_Musicals25-26 to create your account and prepare to BID! Of note: you are notified via email if you are outbid; keep an eye out for those last-minute bids!

Please contact Mrs. Carney with any questions. Good luck, and thank you for supporting our English Landing Music Room!

Each month, the Lunch Visitor Sign Ups are available on our EL Website.

Linked Here.

English Landing Music Room Facebook Page

From our Music Teacher, Mrs. Carney

Upcoming Grade Level Musical Performances: Save The Dates!

1st Grade Thursday, March 6th 7pm “The Principal and the Pea”

Kindergarten Thursday, April 10th 7pm “The Three Piggy Opera”

Continuing our English Landing tradition, each grade level will present a musical this year. Please mark your calendars for these performances! Doors will open at 6:30pm, and performances begin at 7:00pm.

carneyc@parkhill.k12.mo.us

The PBIS team has analyzed behavior data from 3rd quarter and developed our Solution Plan. The biggest behavior concern identified was physical aggression/contact on the playground as an area we should address. Of our 47 Minor referrals, 15 of these were for physical contact/aggression. The playground was the location where the greatest number of these occurred. We have developed a Solution plan with a goal to reduce these by 50% for the 4th quarter. We will re-teach expectations, reinforce replacement behaviors like “Stop. Walk, Talk”, provide active supervision of “hot spots” for aggression on the playground, and provide incentives for students to use the strategies to avoid physical conflict.

Parents can help with this by asking their kids what “Stop, Walk, Talk” is and encouraging them to use this strategy to help make English Landing a safer place for ALL students. We appreciate your support in our efforts.

Contact Information Included below

English Landing Facebook Page

English Landing Twitter Page

We also have up to date information from EL and the district on our website page:

English Landing Website

President - Kelly Smith

Co- Present - Julie Hutchison

VP Membership- Katy Lovill

VP Fundraising - Ashley Rogers

Treasurer - Jacqueline Reed

Secretary - Emily Deiter

VP Volunteers- Cassie Forsyth

Warn Youth About Dangers of Fentanyl, this webinar will take place on Tuesday, April 8 6:00-7:00 PM. Click this link to register.

Deaths from fentanyl – many of which are accidental –are significantly rising right here in the Northland, increasing 33% for our region in the last three years. Join us for a vital workshop designed to empower parents and guardians with the knowledge and tools to protect your children from the dangers of Fentanyl. This session will explore what Fentanyl is, how our youth may be exposed to it, and, most importantly, actionable steps to keep your kids safe and informed. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain critical insights and strategies to help create safer families and communities.

Join Ashley Halter, program director for Park Hill Community Alliance for Youth (CAFY), as she shares information about this deadly topic and answers your questions.

Links to all previous webisodes and information about upcoming ones can be found on the Student and Family Support page (scroll down to Mental Health and Healthy Living Resources and expand the Family Webinar Series Section).

We are committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) work in Park Hill. Please use the link below to let us know when you have a comment about DEIB in Park Hill.

Our employees are the reason we are so successful here in the Park Hill School District, and we would like to recognize them for all they do for our students.

That is why we present the Park Hill Star award once a month to a pre-K or elementary teacher, a secondary teacher and a support employee.

Nominations start in September